“The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.”
“This is not something we wanted to do, ... The mayor was not happy about this. We hung on for as long as we could. Try to analyze this: You have a government operating without any revenue coming in. We're in dire straits.”